The Psychology department is proud to announce the following honors, awards, and accomplishments achieved by our majors:

• Kevnesha Boyd was accepted into the Masters program in Community Psych at the University of New Haven
  
  
• Laura Donovan was accepted into and will attend the Psy.D. program at Spalding University
  
  
• Carter Lennon was accepted into the Ph.D. program in Behavioral Science at the University of Rhode Island, and a Ph.D. program in Social Psych at the University of Connecticut
  
  
• Katie Marshall was accepted into the Masters of Social Work program at the University of Connecticut
  
  
• Michelle Nosal was accepted into and will attend the Masters program in Forensic Psychology at Roger Williams University
  
  
• Melissa Russell was accepted into the Masters programs in Behavior Analysis at Penn State University and Northeastern University
  
  
• Lea Soucy was accepted into the Masters program in Education at the University of New Haven
  
  
• Jennifer Whitcomb was accepted into the Psy.D. program at the University of Hartford
  
  

• David Anderson, Cigarette Smoking and Stress among a College Population (Faculty Mentor: Alita Cousins)
  
  
• Anne Marie Betterini, Religious Orientation, Parental Influence, and Premarital Sexual Activity (Faculty Mentor: Alita Cousins)
  
  
• Danielle Brodeur, How Procrastination in College Students Leads to Stress and Irregular Sleep Habits (Faculty Mentor: Alita Cousins)
  
  
• Gary Brozyna, Adolescent depression and academic achievement: A comprehensive literature review (Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Danforth)
  
  
• Artemisia Cardona, The Relationship Between Birth Order, Personality Traits and Creativity (Faculty Mentor: Alita Cousins)
  
  
• Melissa A. Caruso, Teaching the Tools that Make Everyday Activities Easier: Behavior Analysis (Faculty Mentor: Deirdre Fitzgerald)
  
  
• Amanda Clark, Outcomes of Children Adopted from Romanian Orphanages (Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Danforth)
  
  
• Miranda Corso, Gender and Mathematical Ability as Predictors of Math Anxiety in College Students (Faculty Mentor: Alita Cousins)
  
  
• Mallorie Cronkite, Playing First Shooter Games Shows Increasing Amounts of Aggression and Hostility in Young Adolescents (Faculty Mentor: Alita Cousins)
  
  
• Michael Gale, Investigation of Factors Affecting Behavioral Stability (Faculty Mentor: James Diller)
  
  
• Leah Hanrahan, The Relationship Between Perfectionism, Anxiety, and Depression in College Students (Faculty Mentor: Alita Cousins)
  
  
• Amanda Kuhn, The Effects of Parental Divorce on Fear of Intimacy and Adult Relationships (Faculty Mentor: Alita Cousins)
  
  
• Amanda LeClerc, Interaction of gender schemas and misinformation on memory (Faculty Mentor: Madeleine Fugère)
  
  
• Lindsey Malchow, Environmental Effects on Learning in Elementary Classrooms (Faculty Mentor: Wendi Everton)
  
  
• Edwina Mansa Owoo, Body Image as a Predictor of Sexual Satisfaction (Faculty Mentor: James Diller)
  
  
• Connor Patros, The relation between impulsive choice and cardiovascular reactivity (Faculty Mentor: James Diller)
  
  
• Amanda Perrin, The Effect of Sleep Deprivation and Stress on Mood States (Faculty Mentor: Deirdre Fitzgerald)
  
  
• Melissa Russell, The Association Between HIV Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Condom Use (Faculty Mentor: Madeleine Fugère)
  
  
• Kim Thomassen Strand, A cross-cultural study of death anxiety among university students (Faculty Mentor: Madeleine Fugère)
  
  
• Ashley Waggoner, The relationship between childhood corporal punishment and adult aggression and depression (Faculty Mentor: )
  
  
• Jennifer Marie Whitcomb, Attachment in Infancy: Roots of Development and Future Implications (Faculty Mentor: Melanie Evans)
  
  

• Melissa Ingoglia, A look at motivation (Faculty Mentor: Madeleine Fugère)
  
  
• Amanda LeClerc, Interaction of gender schemas and misinformation on memory (Faculty Mentor: Madeleine Fugère)
  
  
• Melissa Russell, The association between HIV knowledge and attitudes toward condom use (Faculty Mentor: Madeleine Fugère)
  
  
• Meghan Ryczek, Personality differences in college athletes and non-athletes (Faculty Mentor: Madeleine Fugère)
  
  
• Kim Thomassen Strand, A cross cultural study of death anxiety among university students (Faculty Mentor: Madeleine Fugère)
  
  
• Jennifer Whitcomb, Attachment from infancy through adulthood: A literature review (Faculty Mentor: Melanie Evans)
  
  

• Hammon, N., Leszczynski, J. P., & Torrence, E. Friendship quality and cooperative task performance. (Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Leszczynski)
  
  
• Torrence, E., Leszczynski, J. P., & Hammon, N. Performance on a social task in same- versus other-sex dyads. (Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Leszczynski)
  
  

• Giordano, J., & Leszczynski, J. P. Associations among female risky sexual behavior, body image, and feminist ideology. (Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Leszczynski)
  
  

• Laura Donovan (Spalding University)
  
  
• Michelle Nosal (Roger Williams University)
  
  
• Jennifer Whitcomb (University of Hartford)
  
  

If you have an honor, award, or other accomplishment to add to this list, please send it to the Webmaster.